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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What would help a defendant of a crime if Agricola was the judge of punishment?
2. How did Domitian receive news of Agricola's successes?
3. The beginning years of British conquest can be described as __________.
4. The British speech Tacitus paraphrased in "The Agricola" that was used to rally against the Romans can be summed up in which statement?
5. Why did Tacitus provide so much British history in "The Agricola"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Tacitus' theories of British origin.
2. When Claudius conquered parts of Britain, describe the way the British accepted this turn in history as Tacitus saw it.
3. How did Tacitus compare the German tribes' religious beliefs to each other and to the Romans?
4. What does Mattingly claim about German gods and the American calendar system?
5. Compare the role of women in German warfare to women in Roman warfare as Tacitus described it.
6. Who was Cartimandua and how was she significant in British and Roman history?
7. How was the "Clyde and Forth" both good for the British and the Romans?
8. Tacitus described marriage in German cultures. According to his description, what were common gifts between a man and woman that were to be married? What did the gifts symbolized?
9. Tacitus believed what was the general custom concerning the dead in Germany?
10. Tacitus claimed Roman forces were able to defeat Germans after their first encounter due to what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the agenda of "The Germania?" Provide examples and evidence of theory of what Tacitus wanted the reader to know.
Essay Topic 2
Compare Tacitus' outlook of Germany and Britain to the present outlook of Germany and Britain. How have the countries changed or stayed the same?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the German tribes. How were each culturally the same or different? What were some factors that lend to the similarities and differences?
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